SON OF ELIZABETH JANE HEPWORTH, OF 1 IVY VILLAS, SELBY STREET, HULL. HE LOST HIS STEP FATHER CHIEF ENGINEER, JAMES HEPWORTH AND UNCLE, ABLE SEAMAN, JAMES WILLIAM HODGSON, FROM WASSAND STREET, ON THE SAME SHIP. IT WAS SUNK BY A MINE EXPLOSION IN THE THAMES ESTUARY. THEY WERE THE ONLY THREE MEMBERS OF THE CREW TO PERISH, THE REST WERE SAV […]
BORN LITTLE WEIGHTON, 1876. SON OF WILLIAM CASH & ELIZABETH TODD. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN, HIS FATHER DIED IN 1896. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1915. HE LIVED WITH HIS ONLY BROTHER, ALBERT CASH, AT 22 SELBY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A DOCK LABOURER. HE WAS SIX FEET, 0.5 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH CHEST, 143 LBS WEIGHT, HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON […]
BORN SEVENOAKS, KENT 1898. SON OF JAMES HENRY & ELIZABETH CHATFIELD, OF CHIPSTEAD, SEVENOAKS, KENT. HE ENLISTED IN MAIDSTONE, KENT. SERVED AS PTE, 11/386, 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. LIVED AT 19 SELBY STREET, HULL. THIS WAS HIS 1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS. HE WAS CAPTURED DURING THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE, ON 21/03/1918. HE DIED NE […]
BORN HULL, 1895. NEWINGTON. SON OF JAMES GARYBURN (1857-1907) & MARY ANNIE GRAYBURN, OF 10 ARTHUR TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL AND 105 SELBY STREET (CWGC ADDRESS) . HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. ONE OF THREE BROTHERS KILLED IN THE WAR. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE WILLIAM GRAYBURN 11561. He was born in 1895, the six […]
Private
BORN HULL 1895. SECOND SON OF THE LATE JOHN WILLIAM HEWITT AND MARY JANE HEWITT, OF 20, TOMLINSON STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A FISHERMAN AND 2ND OFFICER, RNR, HMS 'SEA LION'. HE HAD AN OLDER BROTHER, JOHN WILLIAM HEWITT & THREE YOUNGER SISTERS, OLIVE, ADA AND EVA. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A ROPE RUNNER (1911) AND FOR THE […]
BORN HULL 13/10/1893. ORPHANED AT AN EARLY AGE. HE WAS LIVING IN A TRUANCY SCHOOL IN 1911 AND THEN ADOPTED BY MR AND MRS WADDINGHAM AT THIS NEXT OF KIN ADDRESS. SERVED AS A DECKHAND. HE DIED ON 04/11/1914, AGED 21. BURIED LOWESTOFT, CEMETERY, SUFFOLK. INFORMATION FROM HIS NAVAL RECORDS. SCHIEHALLION HMT was an Admiralty trawler of 198grt […]
3 GRANVILLE TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
16/01/1917
Aged
43
BORN MANCHESTER 10/07/1872. SON OF MICHAEL HENRY LEAHY (1832-1897) AND MARY BARLOW (1826-1901). HIS PARENTS WERE FROM IRELAND AND MARRIED IN BOLTON, LANCASHIRE, ON 22/06/1856. WILLIAM WAS ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A DOCKSIDE LABOURER. HE MARRIED, MARY ELIZABETH BARNABY (1881-1955), ON 12/12/1897, AT ST WILFRED'S, ROMAN CATHO […]
Ship Skipper
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF JOHN HARLAND LONGTHORN (1864-1911) AND ANNIE ELIZABETH HALL (1865-1950). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. SKIPPER OF THE HULL TRAWLER 'CELIA'. HE LODGED WITH MRS CAIN AT THIS ADDRESS. HE WAS ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED. HIS FATHER HAD DIED THREE YEARS BEFORE AND HE WAS THE MAIN SUPPORT FOR HIS WIDOWED MOTHER. HE […]
Able Seaman
BORN HULL 1891. KNOWN AS "BILLY". ELDEST SON OF FRANCIS WILLIAM MAJOR & ELIZABETH HARRIET (SCOWN), OF 40 GREEK STREET & 15 SELBY STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. (Ethel, Grace, Maud, Edna, Cis (Elizabeth), Claude and Albert Edward Major). A MARINER, AGED 25, HE WAS LOST AT SEA, 27/04/1916. HIS SHIP WAS MINED AND DAMAGED OFF […]
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF GEORGE MARTIN & ALICE HAYMAN, OF 14, PARROTT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON A CHARWOMAN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HIS FATHER WAS A SHIP'S FIRMAN (1911 CENSUS) HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. POSTED ABROAD, ON 28TH DECEMBER 1915. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE WAS KILLED DURING A SEVERE B […]
Private
BORN RYEHILL, HULL 1888. SECOND SON OF GEORGE THOMAS NETTLETON (1860-1905) & EMILY PEART (1866-1924), OF DRIFFIELD, YORKSHIRE. HE MARRIED ON 23/11/1913, AT ST JOHNS THE BAPTIST CHURCH, HULL. HIS WIFE DORRIS MARRITT (1895-1963) & SON, GEORGE HERBERT (BORN 15/06/1914), LIVED AT 13, SELBY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPL […]
BORN COTTINGHAM 1879. YOUNGEST SON OF JAMES RUTHVEN (1838-1922) & AGNES RUTHVEN (1841-1901), 'HAZELMERE' HOUSE, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND FIVE SISTERS. HIS WIFE VIOLET RUTHVEN LIVED AT 66 SELBY STREET, HULL. WILLIAM WAS WELL KNOWN IN HULL AS A VOLUNTEER RESERVE OFFICER. AT THE START OF WAR HE GAVE UP HIS BUSINESS […]
BORN BARKING, ESSEX, 24/12/1896. SON OF WILLIAM TIBAL (1855-1899) & FANNY SELLERS (1863-1941), AT 62, SELBY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 30/06/1915. SERVED AS CORPORAL, 200827, "A" COMPANY, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 02/07/1917, AGED 20, AT CHERISY. COMMEMORATED ON T […]
BORN SKEGNESS, LINCS, 1899. ONLY SON OF FRANK & ISABELLA WELLS WILKINSON, AT 15 , SELBY STREET, HULL & 37 WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE YOUNGER SISTER, DOROTHY. HE RESIDED AT WORKSOP, NOTTS. ENLISTED COVENTRY. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 23419, 107714, 29466 WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED AS A PRISONER OF WAR, […]
BORN NEWINGTON, HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM & ELLEN MAUD WOODWARD, OF 6, NABURN STREET, HULL AND 7, SELBY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A PAINTER'S APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE. ATTACHED TO THE 150TH TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY. KILLED AT MAMETZ, ON 16/09/1916, AGED 20. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE […]
